The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-10-13
THE PUBLIC'S OPINION.

THE PUBLICS OPINION.
EDITORIAL ErCHINGs FRoa nv-
ERYwHERE.
A miscellaneous Mixture of Points,
Personal, Political, Social, and IN
dustrial That the Papers are Talking
About.
"Vote for George and Chinese
cheap labor" would be an appropriate
battle cry for the ant.-poyerty cohorts.
-Ne,o York Stsr
y Mugwump i. defined to be Re-
publican with !. conscience, perha ps q
better definition is fellow who wants
to hold Office under all partie. K Clin-
ton Cducasian.
Both in Massachusetts and Ohio,
Democrats ale making a fight TO win
squarely on Democratic prin ciples
without shutting or evasion In 90
eases ont of . 100 this kind of Il fight
TO win means o winning fighs.--St.
Louis Republican.
The President passed through Ohio
in the night. This was we'll. If he
had gore through that blessed State
at any other time, he would have seen
~ bloody shirt on every fence. Ohio
Republicans live on blood puddings.
-IViImington Messenger.
They tell of fair in Western
State where the directors were 40 extra
good that they vetoed the race track.
When the fair opened SO the story
goes, the show consisted CT one bull
e2d pumpkin. The first night the
bull got loose, ate up the pumpkin,
and then jumped the fence and de-
parted, and the next morning the d.
rectors walked up to find their whole
fair missing.-lState Chronicle.
The bitter attacks and llse accusa-
tions hurled by the Charleston Ns,o.
and Courier against Jefferson Davis
has aroused the resentment of every
honest Democratic paper N the South.
The Southern people viii nos stand
silently by and see Mr. Davis traduc-
ed and the Neu, and Courier has been
forced to recognize that its opinion Of
Mr.. Davis character is it. own,
and not that of the people Of the
South.-New Orleans States.
The interstate commerce Law and
the many constructions and deductions
and perplexities that grow out of it
bids fair to rival the "Code Napoleon"
That proposed to give in single vol
ume the entire system of law for
France. In less than ten years time,
ten times that number Of books hal
been written to explain and coas!rue
the "Code Napoleon. So it appesgs
to be with the Interstate Jaw. One
comprehensive decision has, however,
been made by the commission in the
case Of the Central Vermont railroad,
which is the order forbidding the rail
road company to make higher charges
upon its interstate traffic for short
! haul. than for long hauls.-Aonroe
Enquirer Express.
1t is said that Hon. John Nichols
will resign his place as Secretary Of
the State Fair Association IF such
is the case the directors Of that inati-
! tuition could not find more worthy
successor for this position than joan
A. Williams, Esq, Of thi. city. Mr..
Williams hs. been for some time edi-
! tor Of the Live Stock Journal of this
! ce,and is one of the most con.picu-
Gus live stock owners in the State
This gentleman, formerly y q resident
OF Fayetteville, is we'll and favor.bly
known throughout the commonwealth
A business man Of parts, gentleman
of culture and education, a popular
and progressive citizen. Mr.. VII
Jams would be emincnt!y suitable
for the vacancy.-4sheriNe cor Char-
tote Chronicle
The necessity for additional judges
Of our Supreme Court becomes more
apparent at every term Of Court.
This is on account of the greatly in
creased business of that Court. At
the time when the number of judges
was reduced to three, there was hard
lv half a. much work for them to do
as there i. now. The first term of the
Court held after the number Of Judge.
was reduced to three was in January
1879, aud the volume of cases decided
ct that term contained 500 pages
Whereas at the last term (held last
sDring) the cases were 30 numerous
that it was necessary to publish hem
in two volumes, each containing near
ly 700 pages. This simple statemen
most forcibly proves the necessity o
increasing the number of Suprem,
Court judges.-Pittsboro Record.
We wish to call the attention of tn,
people to an act of kindness done then
by Judge J. H. Merrimon, an abl
Judge. All honor to him. AT thu
Superior Court last week, a man wa
indicted for selling whiskey to minors
The evidence against him was unbrok
en-, and came from three quarter.
Judge Merrimon instructed the jur,
that the evidence from either quartz
( wa. sufficient to convict. The jur,
= retired, and eleven of them decided t.
, acquit, evidence or no evidence! Wa
there ever such impudence snch un
: bridled audacity! such disregard 0
l law and order? But Judge Merrimol
| was equal to the emergency. Forth
: with he dismissed those eleven wretch
4 ed men, with the instruction to tn